Spring Training Sites for all American League Baseball Teams

The first Major League teams held pre-season training at their home park a few weeks before the season started. Centuries later this practice has evolved into "The Grapefruit League," for teams playing in Florida and "The Cactus League," for teams playing in Arizona.

To that end, Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive Spring Training site-chart for the American League. Franchise moves ARE included in this historical chart so reviewing the Oakland Athletics line means data from their time in Philadelphia will be included as well.

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"Spring is the time of year a baseball writer comes down with an occupational disease known as superlativitis." - Sportswriter Jack Orr in Sport Magazine (1953)

American League Spring Training Sites

American League

Anaheim Angels
1997 - present
California Angels
1965 - 1996
Los Angeles Angels
1961 - 1964
1961-92
1993-present
Palm Springs, California
Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Orioles
1954 - present
St. Louis Browns
1902 - 1953
Milwaukee Brewers
1901
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905-06
1907
1908
1909-10
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916-17
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922-24
1925-27
1928-36
1937-41
1942
1943-45
1946
1947
1948
1949-52
1953
1954
1955
1956-58
1959-88
1989-90
1991
1992-95
1996-2009
2010-present
St. Louis, Missouri
French Lick, Indiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Corsicana, Texas
Dallas, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Shreveport, Louisiana
Houston, Texas
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Montgomery, Alabama
Waco, Texas
St. Petersburg, Florida
Houston, Texas
Palestine, Texas
Shreveport, Louisiana
San Antonio, Texas
Taylor, Texas
Bogalusa, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Tarpon Springs, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
San Antonio, Texas
Deland, Florida
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Anaheim, California
Miami, Florida
San Bernardino, California
Burbank, California
San Bernardino, California
Yuma, Arizona
Daytona Beach, Florida
Scottsdale, Arizona
Miami, Florida
Miami / Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Boston Red Sox
1908 - present
Boston Americans
1901 - 1907
1901
1902
1903-06
1907-08
1909-10
1911
1912-18
1919
1920-23
1924
1925-27
1928-29
1930-31
1932
1933-42
1943-44
1945
1946-58
1959-65
1966-92
1993-present
Charlottesville, Virginia
Augusta, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Redondo Beach, California
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Tampa, Florida
Hot Springs, Arkansas
San Antonio, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bradenton, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Savannah, Georgia
Sarasota, Florida
Medford, Mass.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Sarasota, Florida
Scottsdale, Arizona
Winter Haven, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Chicago White Sox
1904 - present
Chicago White Stockings
1901 - 1903
1901-02
1903
1904
1905-06
1907
1908
1909-10
1911
1912
1913-15
1916-19
1920
1921
1922-23
1924
1925-28
1929
1930-32
1933-42
1943-44
1945
1946-50
1951
1952
1953
1954-59
1960-97
1998-2008
2009-present
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Mobile, Alabama
Marlin Springs, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mexico City, Mexico
Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
Mineral Wells, Texas
Waco, Texas
Paso Robles, California
Mineral Wells, Texas
Waco, Texas
Waxahachie, Texas
Seguin, Texas
Winter Haven, Florida
Shreveport, Louisiana
Dallas, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Pasadena, California
French Lick, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana
Pasadena, California
Palm Springs, California
El Centro, California
El Centro, California
Tampa, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Tucson, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Cleveland Indians
1915 - present
Cleveland Naps
1905 - 1914
Cleveland Blues
1901 - 1904
1901
1902-03
1904
1905-06
1907-08
1909
1910-11
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916-20
1921-22
1923-27
1928-39
1940-41
1942
1943-45
1946
1947-92
1993-2008
2009-present
Cleveland, Ohio
New Orleans, Louisiana
San Antonio, Texas
Atlanta, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Mobile, Alabama
Alexandria, Louisiana
Mobile, Alabama
Pensacola, Florida
Athens, Georgia
San Antonio, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dallas, Texas
Lakeland, Florida
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fort Myers, Florida
Clearwater, Florida
Lafayette, Indiana
Clearwater, Florida
Tucson, Arizona
Winter Haven, Florida
Goodyear, Arizona
Detroit Tigers
1901 - present
1901
1902
1903-04
1905-07
1908
1909-10
1911-12
1913-15
1916-18
1919-20
1921
1922-26
1927-28
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934-42
1943-45
1946-present
Detroit, Michigan
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Shreveport, Louisiana
Augusta, Georgia
Hot Springs, Arkansas
San Antonio, Texas
Monroe, Louisiana
Gulfport, Mississippi
Waxahachie, Texas
Macon, Georgia
San Antonio, Texas
Augusta, Georgia
San Antonio, Texas
Phoenix, Arizona
Tampa, Florida
Sacramento, California
Palo Alto, California
San Antonio, Texas
Lakeland, Florida
Evansville, Indiana
Lakeland, Florida
Kansas City Royals
1969 - present
1969-87
1988-2002
2003-present
Fort Myers, Florida
Baseball City, Florida
Surprise, Arizona
Milwaukee Brewers [NL]
1998 - present
Milwaukee Brewers (AL)
1970 - 1997
Seattle Pilots (AL)
1969
1969-72
1973-85
1986-2002
2003-present
Tempe, Arizona
Sun City, Arizona
Chandler, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Minnesota Twins
1961 - present
Washington Senators
1957 - 1960
Washington Nationals
1901 - 1956
1901
1902-04
1905
1906
1907-09
1910
1911
1912-16
1917
1918-19
1920-29
1930-35
1936-42
1943-45
1946-90
1991-present
Phoebus, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Hampton, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Galveston, Texas
Norfolk, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Tampa, Florida
Biloxi, Mississippi
Orlando, Florida
College Park, Maryland
Orlando, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
New York Yankees
1913 - present
New York Highlanders
1903 - 1912
Baltimore Orioles
1901 - 1902
1901
1902
1903-04
1905
1906
1907-08
1909
1910-11
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916-18
1919-20
1921
1922-24
1925-42
1943
1944-45
1946-50
1951
1952-61
1962-95
1996-present
Baltimore, Maryland
Savannah, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Montgomery, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Hamilton, Bermuda
Houston, Texas
Savannah, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Jacksonville, Florida
Shreveport, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Petersburg, Florida
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
St. Petersburg, Florida
Phoenix, Arizona
St. Petersburg, Florida
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Oakland Athletics
1968 - present
Kansas City Athletics
1955 - 1967
Philadelphia Athletics
1901 - 1954
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908-09
1910
1912-13
1914-18
1919
1920-21
1922
1923-24
1925-36
1937
1938-39
1940-42
1943
1944-45
1946-62
1963-68
1969-78
1979-83
1984-96
1997-present
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jacksonville, Florida
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Shreveport, Louisiana
Montgomery, Alabama
Marlin, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Atlanta, Georgia
San Antonio, Texas
Jacksonville, Florida
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Eagle Pass, Texas
Montgomery, Alabama
Fort Myers, Florida
Mexico City, Mexico
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Anaheim, California
Wilmington, Delaware
Frederick, Maryland
West Palm Beach, Florida
Bradenton, Florida
Mesa, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona
Seattle Mariners
1977 - present
1977-92
1993-present
Tempe, Arizona
Peoria, Arizona
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1998 - present
1998-2005
2009-present
St. Petersburg, Florida
Port Charlotte, Florida
Texas Rangers
1972 - present
Washington Senators
1961 - 1971
1961-86
1987-2002
2003-present
Pompano Beach, Florida
Port Charlotte, Florida
Surprise, Arizona
Toronto Blue Jays
1977 - present
1977-present Dunedin, Florida
American League Spring Training Sites
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Did you know that Major League clubs once played their Spring Training games against local Minor League teams? A practice that was discontinued in the mid-1920s, but made for some exciting games nonetheless.

Our team-by-team menu has links for American League Spring Training Sites (chart is posted above) and National League Spring Training Sites, and posted below are the sites for Federal League teams:

Baltimore Terrapins 1914
1915
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1914
1915
Columbia, South Carolina
Brownswell, Mississippi
Buffalo Buffeds 1914
1915
Danville, Virginia
Athens, Georgia
Chicago Whales 1914-15 Shreveport, Louisiana
Indianapolis Hoosiers 1914 Wichita Falls, Texas
Kansas City Packers 1914
1915
Marshall, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Newark Peppers 1915 Valdosta, Georgia
Pittsburgh Rebels 1914
1915
Lynchburg, Virginia
August, Georgia
St. Louis Terriers 1914
1915
Monroe, Louisiana
Havana, Cuba

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